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Phonetics Ranjith Krishnan K. R. Asst. Professor Dept. of English N.S.S. College, Pandalam. Definition Phonetics – The Study and Classification of Speech Sounds. Organs of Speech. Different Types Acoustic phonetics: focuses on the physical properties of the sounds of language
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Phonetics Ranjith Krishnan K. R. Asst. Professor Dept. of English N.S.S. College, Pandalam
Definition Phonetics– The Study and Classification of Speech Sounds
Different Types • Acoustic phonetics: focuses on the physical properties of the sounds of language • Auditory phonetics: focuses on how listeners perceive the sounds of language • Articulatory phonetics: focuses on how the vocal tract produces the sounds of language
English is not a phonetic language • Importance of Phonetics • Sounds in English • 44 sounds in English • Consonants and Vowels • 24 Consonants • 20 Vowels (7 short vowels, 5 long vowels and 8 Diphthongs)
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Formulated by the International Phonetic Association to have a system in which there was a one-to-one correspondence between each sound in language and each phonetic symbol
Vowels • Monophthongs (Pure Vowels) – 12 • 7 short vowels: ɪ, e, æ, ʌ , ɒ, ʊ, ә • and • 5 long vowels: i: , ɑ: , ɔ: , з: , u: • /pin/ /pet/ /mæn/ /kʌp/ /hɒt/ /wʊd/ /әbʌv/ • /pi:l/ /fɑ:m/ /sɔ:/ /gз:l/ /sku:l/
Vowels • Diphthongs (Vowel Glides) – 8 • closing: eɪ, aɪ, ɔɪ, aʊ, әʊ • and • centring: eә, ɪә, ʊә • /pei/ /hai/ /bɔɪ/ /haʊ/ /nәʊ/ • /heә/ /hɪә/ /pʊә/
Consonants Plosives /p, b, t, d, k, g/ /pin/ /bit/ /tin/ /din/ /kin/ /geɪm/ Affricates /ʧ, ʤ/ /ʧin/ /ʤin/
Consonants Fricatives /f, v,θ, ð, s, z, ʃ, ʒ, h/ /fit/ /væn/ /θin/ /fa:ðә/ /sin/ /zip/ /ʃeim/ /meʒә/ /hai/ Nasals /m, n, ŋ/ /mæn/ /nain/ /kiŋ/
Consonants Lateral /l/ /li:f/ Approximants /r, j, w/ /ræn/ /nju:/ /win/